Vitality series OSYNLIG

“Something as non-physical as a fragrance needs a tactile context”, says Iina Vuorivirta, Designer at IKEA. Each OSYNLIG candle is housed in a hard-wearing ceramic pot, glazed with two colours that represent the ingredients – from cypress and fi g to tobacco and honey – that were used to make it. And when you’re done with the scent, the container is designed to be used again for storing small things or to decorate your home.

While developing the 13 fragrances that make up the OSYNLIG collection, we brought in students from the Royal College of Art to explore the potential of invisible design – the idea that it’s not just what your home looks like that aff ects how it makes you feel. Together we prototyped products that used light, sound and smell to transform a space, and it’s had a big infl uence on how we put together the fi nal range.